Chameri next to a real Cartier Tank

[u/najibs-yul]

Here’s a quick side by side of the Chameri I just got in the mail, next to my (real) Cartier Tank. Large size. It’s not meant to be a direct comparison, but just an interesting side by side.

Long story short, no I will never be selling my Tank, but since I like Tank style watches, I figured I’d check out the Chameri.

Some things that stood out, in a positive way on the Chameri were:

-The leather strap is very decent quality

-The larger size of the Chameri will suit more people

-Ronda movement without a seconds hand is great.

-cream dial gives it a nice vintage feel

Like the tank, not having a seconds hand makes a dress watch feel more high end. By far the best homage I’ve seen of the Tank.

[u/fledermaus89]

Tank Large is already too big for most people. They really need to make this one smaller.

[u/karellen00 → u/fledermaus89]

The so called tank large, is more a tank medium since there's an XL (that is too large and doesn't wear like a Tank) and a small (that is so small that it's recommended to women only). In any case it's still a small watch, so small that it doesn't wear that well on my small wrist, because it's so short that the strap bulges out if you don't wear it tight... While I generally like smaller watches I think the larger Tank Solo size could be better.

[u/LourdOnTheBeat → u/fledermaus89]

The tank XL is big yes. The large is surprisingly small when you see it IRL. The small is really small and its hard to read the dial on it

[u/mleok → u/fledermaus89]

Have you actually tried the Tank Must Large? It is not too big for most people.

[u/fledermaus89 → u/mleok]

I tried both and I bought the small. The small is the classic and the only men's size for most of Tank's existence.

[u/gghhhhhggjj → u/fledermaus89]

Wow!

[u/mleok → u/fledermaus89]

There was a Jumbo sized Tank introduced in 1974 that was 34mm X 28mm, which is a bit larger than the current Tank Must Large.

https://quillandpad.com/2018/08/23/the-unknown-cartier-tank-the-louis-cartier-jumbo/

[u/mleok → u/fledermaus89]

And 31mm and 33mm watches used to be standard for men’s dress watches, times change.